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Thursday, October 30, 2008

BBC Whiffs on Soldier Vid

Posted by: Amanda Carpenter at 9:24 AM

The Drudge Report is linking to a BBC article about the most viewed political video on the web about an Iraq vet for McCain, but the BBC piece leaves out THE MOST powerful part of the video!!

The video below, "Dear Mr. Obama" opens with a soldier who says he witnessed "first hand" the successes of Iraq and the war was not a mistake. The video is shot from the waist up and the young man talks directly into the camera.

"When you call the Iraqi war a mistake you disrespect the service and the sacrifice of everyone who has died promoting freedom. Freedom carries with it a price. Because you do not understand nor appreciate these principles sir, I am supporting John McCain for president."

"Freedom is always worth the price," the soldier concludes. As the video closes, he walks away from the camera and it is revealed he has lost a leg while "God Bless the USA" plays in the background. The BBC article DOES NOT MENTION this fact.

This is the reason the video is "the most-viewed election-related video on the YouTube website," as the BBC describes it. How come the BBC doesn't want to tell you just WHY so many people are watching it...?

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luckymick writes:	Thursday, October, 30, 2008 12:26 PM
Wonder how long...
... it will take the Obama campaign trolls to dig through his confidential records in an effort to smear him? Ooops! I should have said: "media campaign trolls"... oh, yeah, samething. God bless our troops!
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Screwtape writes:	Thursday, October, 30, 2008 11:25 AM
Lad, it's still up.
Nancy must be off today. She hasn't jumped in with a 'shame on you for using that poor man!' troll.
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lad writes:	Thursday, October, 30, 2008 11:07 AM
Video no longer available?
How did the Obama campaign manage to get this one pulled down? And who are the lefties at YouTube who continually pull anything resembling something on the side of the American people down?
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Julie writes:	Thursday, October, 30, 2008 11:02 AM
Nee,
Amazing is right. You look at people like this and think, wow. It just puts things in perspective. Traffic? No big deal, I have 2 legs. Annoying paperwork? No big deal, I have2 legs...
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Nee writes:	Thursday, October, 30, 2008 10:48 AM
Julie
You are so right. When I saw this, I didn't expect the amputee walk. I got goosebumps and cried. These guys are amazing. Many of them are double amputees and run the Army Ten Miler in DC. (Missing Parts In Action) And, they kicked my two-legged asss! It is so cool to see them come back full swing.
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Julie writes:	Thursday, October, 30, 2008 10:37 AM
Every American should see this!
And who is this guy? We should all be sending him thank-you notes.
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Martha writes:	Thursday, October, 30, 2008 9:39 AM
Hello?
It's the Bloomin' Barack Channel.
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